Board appointments

Invercargill business adviser and project manager Bevan Ellis has been appointed to chair an expanded Sport Southland board. Ellis, who has been a trustee of the regional sports trust since 2018, replaces Steven Kennedy, who died earlier this year. Four new trustees have been appointed to the board to work alongside members Chris Peddie, Alex Crackett, Aaron McKenzie and Nigel Finnerty. Newfield Park Primary School principal Sonya Carey and Southland District Council services and assets group manager Matt Russell have been appointed for three years, while Kindergartens South general manager Nikki McRobie and Invercargill lawyer and MSK Ultrasound Southland general manager Katie McRae have been co-opted onto the board for the next two years.